MAGISTRATES' COURT.
TBefore N. Edwards, H. E. Curtis, and J. Suephaud, Esqs., J. J.P. J ASSAULT. Jane French, a widow with three children, was charged by Michael Hodgens with assaulting him by throwing a stone at him. Mr Pitt appeared for the complainant aud Mr Bunny for the defendant. The parties, it appeared, are neighbours in Dovedale, aud defendant's dog had killed some of the complainant's sheep, uponwbicuhe and his son took to her house a bill for the same. She threw the bill down, slammed the door in his face, and a minute later came out and threw a big' stone at him, striking him a severe blow on the back" of the head and stunning him. There had been bad feeling existing between the two families for some time. Defendant was fined £2 and costs 14s, or in default fourteen days imprisonment. civil actions. Levien v. J. E. Green. — Action to recover £3 Is, amount of promissory note. Judgment for amount claimed with costs. Levien v. Siggelkow. — Action to recover £8 17s 6d, amount of promissory note. Defendant had paid the amount claimed without the costs, for which judgment was given. Waters v. Green.— Action to recover £8 for goods supplied. Judgment for amount claimed with costs. Hodgens v. French.— Action to recover £11 15s, the value of 15 sheep alleged to have been killed by defendant's dog, described by the plaintiff as « a ravenous brute."
Mr Pitt appeared for, th<3 plaintiff and Mr Bunny, for the defendant. Judgment for £3, price of five sheep at 12s, and costs £2 133. '; AA Stanton v. Williamson.— Action to recover £10 17s for goods supplied!" Judgment for amount claimed and costs. "'.-•' Eleanor Brown v. W. Harvey.— Action for £10 damages alleged to have been done by an entire horse, the property of the defendant, to a mare belonging to the plaintiff. Mr Acton Adams appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Fell for the defendant. The case, which was of no public interest, occupied a long time in hearing, and eventually it was dismissed with costs.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 96, 25 April 1877, Page 2
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345MAGISTRATES' COURT. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 96, 25 April 1877, Page 2
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